China has a long history, stretching for 5,000 years. In this long history, many enduring cultural achievements have been bred, especially theatrical culture, which is the quintessence of China.
When it comes to theatrical culture, it can be said that there are many genres such as Yue Opera, Peking Opera and Henan Opera, each with its own unique style, which is also a treasure that cannot be surpassed by other countries. And the person we're going to talk about today is precisely related to theater.
She is an actress in the Peking Opera industry. As one of the quintessences of Chinese theater, Peking Opera has an important influence.
When it comes to Peking Opera, what comes to everyone's mind must be "Red Lantern", which is not only a Peking Opera, but also a reverence for heroes.
The first character that this drama may associate with people is Li Tiemei, the main character in the opera. I believe that many people are very familiar with this name, but few people know the actor who has played Li Tiemei.
The version starring Liu Changyu is the most famous of them, and no one has surpassed her version since. She lived in a rich compound, and almost all the streets and alleys were covered with her posters.
Her success doesn't depend solely on this role, but it takes a decade of hard work to get to where she is.
Today, she has not only won the honor of "National First-Class Actor" for her opera performances, but also the inheritor of Peking Opera, a national intangible culture.
She is indeed very good at performing opera, but she falls short in her love life.
Her husband died just four months after they got married, which was a huge blow to her. However, what has happened to her life after all these years?
Liu Changyu was born in a very powerful family in Jiangsu. His father, Zhou Dawen, had served as mayor of Peking for a time, and in that era of polygamy, the family size was naturally huge.
With a group of wives and concubines and many brothers and sisters, Liu Changyu's family can be described as prosperous. The mother was born in poverty, but she was favored by her father and passed on this affection to her children.
At that time, many dignitaries and nobles were quite fond of Peking Opera, especially Liu Changyu's father.
Every time he enjoyed Peking Opera, he would take Liu Changyu with him, so under such influence, Liu Changyu had a strong interest in Peking Opera when he was a child.
Knowing his daughter's love for Peking Opera, his father was overjoyed, and then sent her to a school specializing in learning opera at the age of 9 and began to learn Peking Opera. She initially specialized in the performing arts of Peking Opera.
Not long after he began to study Peking Opera, Liu Changyu showed an innate talent. She has been praised by several teachers for her excellent performance.
She already has a prominent family background, coupled with her talent, her life path is really like embarking on a cool road.
In that turbulent society, although he was a person who was excellent in all aspects, he eventually experienced the ups and downs of life. Because of the influence of the Great Era, his father was considered a traitor and was eventually imprisoned.
Later, her mother also divorced her father, and Liu Changyu immediately began to live with her mother. This is undoubtedly a huge shock for a child to go from the prosperity of the family to the decline, not only to adapt to the loss of the identity of the eldest lady.
Because her father's surname is Zhou, and her surname is Liu, in school, Liu Changyu is often ostracized by her classmates, and even many people think that her father is a traitor and is unwilling to play with her.
Her original surname was the same as her father's, called Zhou Changyu, but because of this incident, and at the suggestion of her teacher, she changed her surname and followed her mother's surname from then on.
Although she has suffered a lot of gossip because of her fatherhood, fortunately, she is a person with a strong goal. For her, maybe Peking Opera was all she had at that time, and it was the only direction she could go all out.
Therefore, she was alone and had no partner to play with, so she devoted all her time to Peking Opera.
It was because of her strong determination not to be distracted from the outside world that she was finally admitted to the school of her choice with excellent grades.
She worked very hard every day when she was in school, and because of her excellent performance, she was praised by Xun Hui, the master of Peking Opera at that time, and even taught her a lot of performance experience.
Under the careful guidance of the teacher, Liu Changyu came into contact with the roles of Tsing Yi, Dao Ma Dan and Hua Dan, among which she performed the best when she played Hua Dan.
With talent, diligence and the guidance of masters, Liu Changyu soon made remarkable achievements in the field of Peking Opera.
After graduating, she not only successfully entered the experimental troupe of the Chinese Opera School, but also became an opera teacher. Due to her outstanding performance in the theater, she soon received the attention of the leadership.
She was already on stage when others were just starting out. Although she has participated in many plays, her most famous work in the Peking Opera world is "Red Lantern", in which she played the role of "Li Tiemei".
Originally, the role was not supposed to be played by her, but someone else. However, just as the performance was approaching, the actress was delayed due to some things and was unable to act.
At that time, I was very anxious to learn that this crew was also very anxious, after all, the performance was about to be held.
In order to ensure that the performance went smoothly, they had to rush to find a suitable role, and immediately called in some of the best actors in the theater for auditions.
The crew naturally chooses the ones they think are the best, so a lot of people are eager to be able to play the role, and the competition is fierce. Although Liu Changyu is not the most prominent candidate among these people.
However, many members of the crew agreed that Liu Changyu was the most suitable candidate to play Li Tiemei. After careful consideration, they still insisted on choosing Liu Changyu to play the heroine of this play.
Liu Changyu's choice of me, of course, made me very happy, but then came nervousness. After all, this play is different from my usual small plays, and the role this time is extraordinary.
That's why she felt nervous, but luckily, years of study and stage experience allowed her to perform with poise on any stage.
She not only successfully completed this play, but also made a name for herself in the opera circle with this work.
However, before she could rejoice, she was jealous of others. Sure enough, that circle can't escape the law of "there are many people who are popular".
Before Liu Changyu became popular, everyone who competed with her for the same role was jealous of her. Despite many praises from the outside world, her success in the theater was very lukewarm.
She was not congratulated by anyone, but was isolated by her theater colleagues, but fortunately, Bai Jiyun's appearance gave her a glimmer of hope, and in the end he also became Liu Changyu's second husband.
Her husband Bai Jiyun is well known, and what is less known is that Liu Changyu had a marriage before marrying Bai Jiyun.
She and her ex-husband were classmates and friends, and when they were in school, Liu Changyu devoted herself to her studies and did not pay attention to emotional affairs.
They went through a lot of twists and turns after graduation and eventually found that they were assigned to work in the same theater. This pair of young people, who have no study problems, are finally starting to think about life events, and they are both engaged in opera-related work.
The two are not only very compatible in opera and thought, but also have more time together because they work together. Gradually, they developed feelings in the chat, and finally entered the palace of marriage with the blessing of their parents.
However, this happy marriage did not last long, and the two soon separated, and this time they were separated forever.
Soon after the husband got married, he experienced some physical discomfort, which was at first thought to be a minor problem, so he took some medicine at random.
However, it was not until the end that I began to take it seriously, and at first I did not find any malignant disease, but only pointed out some lung problems. Subsequently, they also followed the instructions of their lives and actively cooperated**.
However, she later learned that her husband was already in the advanced stage of lung cancer, which made Liu Changyu feel confused. She couldn't believe that they had been married for less than four months before they were diagnosed with cancer.
Liu Changyu was very sad to hear the extent of her condition, and although it was a sad atmosphere during that time, she still went to the theater every day to complete her work.
Although he needs to go back and forth, Liu Changyu is unwilling to let the drama interfere with his sadness.
Due to the poor level of medical care at that time, her husband was quickly devoured by cancer cells, and finally passed away, and the newly married father passed away forever.
When her husband was dying, he was full of deep affection for Liu Changyu, but this was to no avail, and grief could only bring pain to those who remained in the world. After the death of her husband, Liu Changyu spent a bleak time alone.
She has not fallen into depravity all the time, fortunately, the opera he loves supports her, because she has experienced life and death, so Liu Changyu does not dare to try emotional things rashly.
Until they met Bai Jiyun, Liu Changyu and Bai Jiyun were both actors in the theater, but Bai Jiyun was more engaged in behind-the-scenes work, while Liu Changyu mainly performed on stage.
It was precisely because Liu Changyu was encouraged when he played Li Tiemei that Bai Jiyun was given the opportunity to pursue Liu Changyu.
Therefore, Liu Changyu did not fall into a slump because of simultaneous isolation, on the contrary, the appearance of Bai Jiyun gave her a lot of motivation in performance.
During that time, Bai Jiyun often supported and encouraged her behind her, which also made Liu Changyu not feel lonely.
Liu Changyu felt that Bai Jiyun was very considerate and cared about her at that time, warming her heart like sunshine, which made this loveless girl have a better impression of him.
Their relationship soon warmed up, and Bai Jiyun didn't care that Liu Changyu had already had a marriage experience, and they got married soon after.
Liu Changyu's career is on the rise, so when she got married, she decided not to have children first, but to focus on performances in various places to develop her career. Her husband Bai Jiyun also gave strong support to her choice.
Liu Changyu naturally realized her husband's dedication to her, and then she also gave birth to a son.
But after giving birth to a son, Liu Changyu always wanted to continue to work on his job, and taking care of his son became a difficulty for the couple.
The husband decisively chose to give up his own business, returned home to take care of his son, and fully supported his wife's career. It can be said that Liu Changyu's career success is inseparable from her husband's hard work.
Liu Changyu later retired to his family, but he still devoted himself to the opera career, and chose to become a teacher who was committed to inheriting traditional Chinese culture, although he did not perform on stage often.
Liu Changyu is now not only praised by the audience as an old artist with both virtue and art, but her life is also extremely happy, with a husband who loves her deeply, and her son was also influenced by her and chose to engage in Peking Opera performance.